St. Patrick's

Dan's heritage escapes for a day. 

 I hope you had a nice Sunday with whatever you ended up doing. We had a grand ol' time this weekend.

We started our morning at the farmer's market to pick up our CSA box and found they have strawberries! And oh my are they juicy and delish. I bought a bunch and hopefully will be making a strawberry jam soon. I also picked up some oranges which I used to jam with when we got home. Find out more about my jam session here!

a.day.in.my.life.

Isis

Can't type. 

Can't Drink. 

Why? 

She's purring.

   

 

wednesday

Today is Wednesday. Looks like it's raining, possibly just fog misting outside.

Tonight I have a blogging class at SMC for work. Hopefully tomorrow my blogging skills will become exponentially better than today. Maybe I'll add links and such. Wish me luck at becoming more interesting.

#ExcitingTimes

Bad Religion & Pizza Port. Yes please!

So, we have been vegan for a week now. It was a little difficult for Dan this weekend, but he survived it and he doesn't seem deterred yet. Especially since today at work he got a peanut butter smoothie made with rice milk. I'm jealous!

This photo is actually from their 30th anniversary tour.
I hate being one of those people who hold their phone up the entire concert so my pictures aren't very good.

vegan

I am a vegan.

Holy moly, what a statement. I have been a vegetarian for 9 years, and what a better way to bring in my 10th year by going vegan. Now, this isn't really a new thing for me. I was vegan for about a year in college, but lost sight of my convictions and let peer-pressure and laziness take over. That followed with the years of, "I shouldn't eat dairy because I'm lactose intolerant, but I couldn't give up cheese!" argument. I even reached the point where I started to think eggs were good again. The last straw was that I started buying "humane" and "healthy" bacon for my husband, and cooking it myself. I don't know what came over me. But not anymore! A weight has been lifted off my shoulders, my soul has been cleansed, and I am relieved. Why?

I am a vegan.

It's Friday!

And what a lovely Friday it is! I started our CSA box again, now that I know we will be around to use it a lot. I've been listening to the Beatles all day which has put me in a great mood, and Isis is snoozing on my lap. What a doll.

So tomorrow we plan on going for a morning bike ride down to Cinnaholic for some amazing vegan cinnamon rolls. *drool* I can't wait. We also have potential renters coming over because WE ARE MOVING! Huzzah! Sadly our downstairs neighbors are moving away (all of three blocks, yay!) and we are moving downstairs to their two bedroom. We are both super excited.

This has added to our hectic schedule that seems to never give us a rest! Maria's wedding is coming up next month, and I have been busy looking for a venue for our wedding. I think we found an awesome place in the Oakland hills called the Joaquin Miller Community Center. It has a nice view of Oakland and is surrounded by trees. It's great and has the mountain feel that we both love, but reminds us that we are still in the amazing bay area.

Now I just need to find that perfect job. I wish I could get paid to cross-stitch. Then life would be perfect!

Geek freakout

Must read... weregeek.com
It's amazing.

Also! Potentially DMing for the first time this weekend! sqweeel!

Keepin' Busy

Even though I happen to be jobless (boo) I still have managed to keep myself incredible busy! I've picked up new crafts and old ones too. I've been a frequent visitor at Oma's house, learning how to knit and re-learning how to crochet. Knitting seemed extremely difficult and perhaps even boring when Oma first suggested it. But, to be honest I love it. Not quite as much as crochet, but maybe that is because I know how to do more with crochet right now. I can only knit and purl, and I get them confused when starting rows on occasion as well. But I've been working on it every day, and pretty soon I should be able to make Dan a ski sweater. Poor guy, I know.

I just want Dan to look like this.

And I want to look like this.


Am I asking too much?



Today I even picked up my clarinet. Ah the good old days of being good at it. Hmm. That's why I hope to practice a lot. Get my lungs in tip top shape and rebuild my embouchure.

Between all this, reading, yoga, planning our trip, German class, and the beautiful weather outside.. I think I am doing pretty well with keeping busy. Now lets just hope that I get some awesome creative ideas.